In May of this year, Uber began testing auto-driving cars on the open road. Uber announced last month that it will officially form a pilotless taxi fleet in Pittsburgh at the end of the month. However, half an month later this unprecedented plan has still not been implemented.
Now, Uber has finally brought good news to the industry, users can use Uber to hit the driverless car.
On U.S. local time Wednesday, Uber’s Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Pittsburgh stated that Uber X will have the opportunity to use the Ford Fusion driverless car after placing orders, and the loyal customer’s standard is based on using Uber’s taxi. Frequency and their location to choose. In addition, Uber will also use email to inform these users whether they are given free rides.
According to Uber official, the fleet consists of 14 unmanned taxis that will only be on fixed routes. Each vehicle is equipped with a front camera and a 360° LIDAR sensor. In order to ensure safety, the driver of the car is a professionally trained engineer, and a dedicated engineer supervises the operation of the driverless car.
It should be noted that when riding a driverless car, the customer also needs to agree to Uber's real-time shooting inside and out of the car so that Uber can use these records to study passenger reactions. Next, Uber will announce the charges for this team, and all users will have the opportunity to enjoy driverless taxi services.
Unfortunately, if you want to take Uber's driverless taxi, you must first be in Pittsburgh.
Why is Pittsburgh?
As we all know, the famous Carnegie Mellon University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As early as 2014, Uber stole 50 top robotics experts from Carnegie Mellon University. Last year, he set up an Advanced Technologies Center focusing on unmanned driving. Currently, Uber is based in Pittsburgh. The total number of employees exceeds 500.
In addition, because the Pittsburgh government has not set too many restrictions on unmanned test items, Uber has become the focus of government support. It is understood that the Mayor of Pittsburgh, Bill Peduto, has been working in partnership with Uber. He even rented an area of ​​the city's river to Uber as a trial section. Not long ago, Uber also affirmed the Pittsburgh government's role in driverless car projects:
"If we do not have the support of city leaders, our work will be difficult to achieve."
It is no accident that Uber is operating a driverless taxi here.
Of course, Uber’s investment in driverless cars is more than that. A month ago, Uber also announced the formation of a $300 million alliance with Volvo to develop self-driving cars, and acquired self-driving truck startup Otto for $680 million. In the future, it will cooperate with more car manufacturers... A series of actions is enough to prove Uber's determination in the driverless car project.
Uber's founder and CEO Travis Kalanick explained why he would continue to save money on driverless car projects. "If we don't fight for the first place, we will be led by our competitors, and the other side will have a shared sharing network than Uber's. The network is cheap and high quality, then Uber will be defeated."
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